WHAT DOES A LOAN ASSISTANT DO?
Published: Mar 03, 2026. The Loan Assistant provides comprehensive support throughout the loan lifecycle, including loan processing, document management, compliance, and borrower communication from application through post closing. This role partners closely with Loan Originators, Processors, escrow, builders, and agents to ensure accurate disclosures, timely submissions, regulatory adherence, and smooth pipeline transitions. The assistant also manages pricing scenarios, credit and AUS approvals, deadline tracking, marketing initiatives, and proactive customer service in a fast-paced mortgage environment.
A Review of Professional Skills and Functions for Loan Assistant
1. Loan Assistant Duties
- Administrative Support: Performs general administrative support for Mortgage Loan Originators, including answering phone calls, filing, photocopying, typing, managing calendars and contacts, ordering supplies, receiving and distributing mail, and delivering loan documents.
- File Management: Set up mortgage application files and request verification of all information received in the mortgage loan application via letters to employers, banks, creditors, or by alternative documentation acceptable to the secondary market.
- Loan Processing: Perform necessary follow-up, order credit reports, appraisals, and prelims.
- Data Entry: Input the loan application, print out applicable origination documentation and required disclosures for borrowers' signatures.
- Document Review: Review documentation for accuracy and completeness.
- Customer Service: Provide proactive customer service and problem resolution, including researching and resolving customer inquiries.
- Team Collaboration: Collaborate with the loan processor to ensure a smooth transition of work.
- Logistics Coordination: Arrange for the pickup and delivery of documents, brochures, loan packages, and other miscellaneous items.
- Audit Support: Assist with the preparation of loan files and documentation requests for internal and external audits and exams.
- Regulatory Compliance: Follow applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
- Guideline Compliance: Comply with company, FNMA, FHLMC, FHA, VA, and industry standard rules and guidelines.
2. Loan Assistant Details
- Borrower Support: Answer a broad range of borrower questions concisely and accurately in accordance with company values.
- Document Collection: Work directly with the borrower to collect documentation with sufficient urgency and follow up so that the loan is ready for setup and generate accurate disclosures within the 3-day timeline.
- Loan Submission: Submit the loan for setup.
- Pricing Analysis: Run pricing scenarios for the LO to review and approve before submission to the borrower.
- Disclosure Compliance: Create accurate and CMC-compliant redisclosures with accurate fees and within required timelines.
- Prequalification Letters: Provide borrower prequalification letters for the LO to review and approve before submission to the borrower.
- Follow Up: Place follow-up calls to prequalified borrowers.
- Documentation Follow-up: Follow up on documentation as needed by the LO or Processor.
- Loan Coordination: Handle Simply Closer to Home loan submissions to the Processor.
3. Loan Assistant Responsibilities
- Property Analysis: Obtain property research and analysis for the LO to review and approve before submission to the borrower.
- System Import: Import loan applications into Loansoft.
- Scenario Modeling: Run loan scenarios in Edge Mortgage Coach.
- Credit Review: Pull credit and obtain AUS approval.
- Conference Scheduling: Schedule LO conferences with borrowers.
- Guideline Research: Ensure the borrower qualifies by researching investor guidelines.
- Email Communication: Send an email to the borrower requesting mortgage documentation within 24 hours of application.
- Document Collection: Obtain documentation from the borrower for the initial submission.
- Document Tracking: Track and audit requested mortgage documentation from the borrower to ensure it is CMC-compliant and usable by the Processor.
4. Loan Assistant Accountabilities
- Document Management: Ensure that borrower documentation is in the shared drive and alerts are set up for the Processor.
- Timeline Verification: Verify realistic lock and close dates with the Processor.
- Bond Submission: Assist the LO with MCC Bond submission to WSHFC to ensure funds are reserved and pre-application papers are completed and signed.
- Handoff Coordination: Schedule a hand-off phone conference with the LO and Processor for all new submissions.
- Rate Locking: Lock the loan as directed by the LO.
- Post Closing Support: Assist the Processor or Closer by obtaining additional documentation post-closing at the direction of the LO.
- Agent Communication: Maintain email communication with agents throughout the loan process, with a courtesy copy to the LO and Processor.
- Builder Coordination: Maintain contact with the builder to track new construction progress and alert the LO and Processor of critical dates or material events.
- Deadline Tracking: Set up tracking of deadline dates to keep files moving according to plan and alert the LO and Processor of critical dates.
5. Loan Assistant Functions
- Preclosing Coordination: Schedule the preclosing phone conference with the LO and the borrower.
- Daily Support: Meet with the LO daily and send closing gifts.
- Escrow Coordination: Coordinate closing events with escrow.
- Report Retrieval: Obtain the Loansoft or Fusion reports for the LO.
- Pipeline Management: Participate in weekly pipeline calls with the LO and Processor.
- Loan Follow-up: Take action on loans not turned into processing by following the CMC process for Reg B and non-closed loans.
- Marketing Preparation: Prepare, update, and assemble marketing materials for meetings, conferences, and seminars.
- Contact Management: Update contacts for email newsletters and Salesforce.
- Social Media: Update content weekly and post content on social media.
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